Quote Originally Posted by Paulbot View Post
Last night I was ready to get rid of nearly every Transformer I've collected over the last 20 or so years (childhood G1/2 is still untouchable).

Today, I've backed away from the edge, but I still have too many TFs that I don't do anything with. And with all the videos and photos online and knowing so many people that have many more than me, maybe I could get rid of more and appreciate the toys via the web.

I'm finding this a common thought these days: there's so much "new" stuff to consume that the "old" stuff I have just doesn't get looked at.
This is actually a very good idea and I can relate to it in many ways.
Way back when I was young, I couldn't afford to buy much stuff, cause well I was young, still at school. The greatest thing to have is dreams and imagination. Instead of having the stuff I would spend time thinking about it, I would collect catalogues and save them for years just so I could look at the pictures of all the toys and games eg, Kmart, Big w.
Getting older I purchased game magazines, read about the games, characters, screenshots and reviews, great memories. I ended up with more games than toys, I basically moved on from toys to games. Nowadays I have more toys than games, so it would seem I have regressed

So rather than actually owning all the stuff, its almost just as good to have pictures, and hold onto the memories. Sometimes these are actually better than the actual items themselves which in reality may turn out to be disappointments.

With the internet, Its possible to collect the images. However photos can only tell so much, but in person some things are just amazingly awesome!